原鼬鬣狗属

原鼬鬣狗属; 化石时期：中新世中期至末期，16–7.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	P. crassum 的骨骼，发现于西班牙中部的托雷洪-德贝拉斯科。
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	哺乳纲 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	鬣狗科 Hyaenidae
亚科：	†鼬鬣狗亚科 Ictitheriinae
属：	†原鼬鬣狗属 Protictitherium; Kretzoi（英语：Miklós Kretzoi）, 1938
模式种
	Protictitherium crassum; (Depéret（英语：Charles Depéret）, 1892)
其他物种
	P. gaillardi (Forsyth Major, 1903); P. llopisi (Crusafont Pairó & Petter, 1969); P. cingulatum Schmidt-Kittler, 1976; 中间原鼬鬣狗 P. intermedium Schmidt-Kittler, 1976; P. punicum (Kurtén, 1976); P. aegaeum Kaya et al., 2005; P. thessalonikensis Koufos, 2012; ?P. csakvarense Kretzoi, 1951; ?P. sumegense Kretzoi, 1984;

原鼬鬣狗属（属名：Protictitherium）是鬣狗科最早期的基干成员之一，具有近似麝猫的齿列^[3]，外观亦与其相仿^[4]，体型则与狐相当^[5]，生存于中新世中期的亚洲与非洲，以及中新世中期至末期的欧洲^[6]。原鼬鬣狗之名是相对鼬鬣狗属而取，但原鼬鬣狗的身形更为纤小^[1]，同时具有相对更大的眼眶。此外，原鼬鬣狗的四肢构造适合以半跖行（semi-plantigrade）的方式行走，而不对称的第二趾骨与可伸缩的爪，可能代表其有攀爬的习性^[7]。

参考文献

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Werdelin, L.; Peigné, S. "Carnivora". Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W. J. (编). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. 2010: 609-664. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
^ Morales, J.; Mayda, S.; Valenciano, A.; DeMiguel, D.; Kaya, T. A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17 (16): 1347–1358 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1478-0941. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2020-05-05）.
^ Turner, A.; Antón, M.; Werdelin, L. Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe. Geobios. 2008, 41 (5): 677–687. ISSN 0016-6995. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001.
^ Coca-Ortega, C.; Pérez-Claros, J. A. Characterizing ecomorphological patterns in hyenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition. PeerJ. 2019, 6: e6238. ISSN 2689-7733. PMC 6330948 . PMID 30648005. doi:10.7717/peerj.6238 .
^ Wang, X.; Tseng, Z. J.; Wu, W.-Y.; Ye, J.; Meng, J.; Bi, S. A new species of Tungurictis Colbert, 1939 (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the middle Miocene of Junggar Basin, northwestern China and the early divergence of basal hyaenids in East Asia (PDF). Geodiversitas. 2020, 42 (3): 29–45 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1638-9395. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a3. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2022-03-02）.
^ Werdelin, L.; Solounias, N. The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution. Fossil and Strata. 1991, 30: 1–107 [2022-03-30]. ISBN 82-00-37481-5. ISSN 0300-9491. （原始内容存档于2022-03-30）.
^ Семенов, Ю. А. Иктитерии и морфологически сходные гиены неогена СССР [Ictitheres and morphologically related hyaenas from the Neogene of the USSR] (PDF). Наукова Думка. 1989: 179 pp. ISBN 5-12-000824-0 （俄语）.

[Werdelin2010-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Werdelin, L.; Peigné, S. "Carnivora". Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W. J. (编). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. 2010: 609-664. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.

[2] Morales, J.; Mayda, S.; Valenciano, A.; DeMiguel, D.; Kaya, T. A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17 (16): 1347–1358 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1478-0941. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2020-05-05）.

[3] Turner, A.; Antón, M.; Werdelin, L. Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe. Geobios. 2008, 41 (5): 677–687. ISSN 0016-6995. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001.

[4] Coca-Ortega, C.; Pérez-Claros, J. A. Characterizing ecomorphological patterns in hyenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition. PeerJ. 2019, 6: e6238. ISSN 2689-7733. PMC 6330948 . PMID 30648005. doi:10.7717/peerj.6238 .

[5] Wang, X.; Tseng, Z. J.; Wu, W.-Y.; Ye, J.; Meng, J.; Bi, S. A new species of Tungurictis Colbert, 1939 (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the middle Miocene of Junggar Basin, northwestern China and the early divergence of basal hyaenids in East Asia (PDF). Geodiversitas. 2020, 42 (3): 29–45 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1638-9395. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a3. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2022-03-02）.

[6] Werdelin, L.; Solounias, N. The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution. Fossil and Strata. 1991, 30: 1–107 [2022-03-30]. ISBN 82-00-37481-5. ISSN 0300-9491. （原始内容存档于2022-03-30）.

[7] Семенов, Ю. А. Иктитерии и морфологически сходные гиены неогена СССР [Ictitheres and morphologically related hyaenas from the Neogene of the USSR] (PDF). Наукова Думка. 1989: 179 pp. ISBN 5-12-000824-0 （俄语）.

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